Essex work train - Montana 2013

On July 4, 2013, we see a work train preparing to leave the Essex, Montana yard and run backwards up the west slope of Marias Pass to do some work setting out concrete blocks along the right-of-way. The crew is waiting for a westbound grain train to pass, and then must wait the timed switch onto the mainline clear before they can proceed. ALSO FROM MY MONTANA 2013 TRIP: Manifest freight battles the grade through Essex: http://youtu.be/Db2GPEbPaFk Stack train tops Marias Pass: http://youtu.be/jZ8GryNGgX8 Seattle to Essex on the Empire Builder: http://youtu.be/FsoKiJqGAhU Empire Builder stops in Essex: http://youtu.be/TGY9GVeGmsE Work train switches at Essex: http://youtu.be/90tBDhl4gBY Freight and Passenger trains at Blacktail curve: http://youtu.be/FvKCsd7oomU Talgo and Empire Builder on Salmon Bay drawbridge: http://youtu.be/ulob_VfcA0U MORE! From my 2010 trip to Essex Seattle to Portland on the Talgo: http://youtu.be/eY-eqhu5Xnw Whitefish to Essex "Cab ride" (reversed and sped up) http://youtu.be/stdDakSa54k Portland to Pasco "Cab Ride": http://youtu.be/cbcsTYC_6Do Portland to Pasco - normal: http://youtu.be/HwHkWeQSeos 3 days at the Izaak Walton Inn: http://youtu.be/FX1Jx-KTa1c